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By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State sophomore catcher Elih Marrero was arrested early Saturday morning on charges of driving under the influence and no insurance the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to the Starkville Daily News. The arrest occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday. Marrero was released on bond. No other details were immediately available regarding…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State head coach Andy Cannizaro’s search to aid his struggling bullpen has made its way to the MSU starting rotation. Nine games into the 2016 season, the Bulldogs have struggled to close games out in the late innings. MSU sits at 6-3 this season, but Cannizaro’s relief corps have been…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Individual performances like Saturday’s were most likely what Tyson Carter envisioned when he signed with Mississippi State out of Starkville High School. The freshman guard was draining shot after shot and was carrying the Bulldogs on his back against No. 19 South Carolina. The only part that didn’t go Carter’s way…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Another man with Mississippi State ties is coming back to help coach the Bulldogs. On the same day MSU brought back former offensive quality control assistant Brett Elliott to coach quarterbacks, a source also confirmed Tuesday that former Bulldog offensive lineman D.J. Looney will become MSU’s new tight ends coach. Scott…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen is reaching into his past in order to try and help the present and future of the Bulldogs. Brett Elliott, a former quality control assistant at MSU under Mullen from 2012-14, will be the Bulldogs’ next quarterbacks coach the Starkville Daily News confirmed on Tuesday.…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State’s shots weren’t falling, Tennessee was rolling and the Bulldogs’ deficit was increasing in the first half of MSU’s Saturday game against the Volunteers. Down by as many as 19 points, MSU appeared left for dead. Turns out, these dogs still had some bark and some bite left in them.…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State’s defensive coaching staff gained a wealth of experience on Thursday when head coach Dan Mullen announced he had added veteran coach Ron English to guide MSU’s safeties. English, who has 20 years of coaching experience at the FBS level, replaces Maurice Linguist, who left the Bulldogs to join the…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State defensive back Jamoral Graham was arrested in Neshoba County on New Year’s Eve on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge the Starkville Daily News has learned. Graham is scheduled for a court date on Feb. 27 according to court officials with the Neshoba County Justice Court. Graham’s arrest…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com With a big smile, Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen stood at the podium Wednesday at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex. After months on the recruiting trail, MSU’s leader could finally proclaim that National Signing Day was a success. “It’s an exciting day for us,” Mullen said. “We have…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com Mississippi State safety Brandon Bryant was arrested earlier this month in Georgia on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to maintain lane and possession of an open container the Starkville Daily News learned on Monday. All three charges were classified as misdemeanors. The arrest occurred in the early…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Mississippi State did a lot of the things head coach Ben Howland likes to see when the Bulldogs battled Alabama on the road Saturday. MSU won the rebounding battle and limited the Crimson Tide to just 32.7 percent shooting from the field. However, it was the shots that…

By JOEL COLEMAN sports@starkvilledailynews.com In the hours leading up to Mississippi State’s Tuesday night showdown against No. 5 Kentucky, students formed a line that stretched from the door of the Humphrey Coliseum past the Palmeiro Center hundreds of feet away. A total crowd of 9,768 fans, MSU’s largest attendance this season, came with visions of…